US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on July 7 for "Vehicle system" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,630, issued on July 7, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Vehicle system" was invented by Michael Andrew Gutierrez (Dearborn Heights, Mich.) and Russell A. Patenaude (Macomb Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle system for a vehicle includes memory hardware in communication with data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations. The operations include determining whether the vehicle is in park, determining whether an occupant is in the vehicle, determining whether ...